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Micro Eco-Farming : Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth
Barbara Berst Adams
Paperback - $27.95
Microfarms— or small acreage farms— are gaining popularity across the country for their astoundingly high yields and great tasting produce, as well as their profitability. This handbook reveals the secrets of successful micro eco-farming ...
Together at the Table : Sustainability and Sustenance in the American Agrifood System
Patricia Allen
Hardcover - $113.95
Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New ...
Ancient Agriculture : Roots and Application of Sustainable Farming
Gabriel Alonso De Herrera
Hardcover - $39.95
GABRIEL ALONSO DE HERRERA, considered the father of modern-day Spanish agriculture, lived in central Spain from the time of his birth, in the 1470s, until his death, around 1540. He learned about agriculture from working in the fields of Talavera de ...
Strategies and Tactics for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics
M. Adetola Badejo
Paperback - $54.95
Draws attention to the hydra-headed problem of attaining sustainability in agro-ecosystems of the tropical regions and attempts to shape future agricultural research in these regions, where, the author argues, there is an over-reliance on solutions p ...
Food for the Future : Agriculture for a Global Age
Jose Bove
Paperback - $33.95
It's not easy to eat well. To choose food wisely, you need to know where it comes from and how it's produced. As consumers, most of us don't know what we're getting and eating in our supermarkets and restaurants. When rumours and food scares circulat ...
Food Sovereignty and Uncultivated Biodiversity in South Asia : Essays on the Poverty of Food Policy and the Wealth of the Social Landscape with CDROM
Daniel Buckles
Paperback - $77.95
Voices from the Forest : Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Into Sustainable Upland Farming
Malcolm Cairns
Paperback - $107.95
This handbook of locally based agricultural practices brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Environmentalis ...
World Agriculture and the Environment : A Commodity-By-Commodity Guide to Impacts and Practices
Clay Jason
Paperback - $106.95
"World Agriculture and the Environment" presents a unique assessment of agricultural commodity production and the environmental problems it causes, along with prescriptions for increasing efficiency and reducing damage to natural systems. Drawing on ...
Ecoagriculture Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa
J. F. Devlin
Paperback - $94.95
All twenty-seven papers in this collection share a concern to promote a 'holistic' ecological approach to farming. They survey a range of ecoagricultural topics: soil management, integrated pest management, farming systems, institutional supports and ...